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A former Republican congressman from Florida who has voted to ban same sex marriage says that “you cannot legislate morality” when it comes to guns. During a Wednesday panel discussion on CNN, host Soledad O’Brien said that she...

Oklahoma Republican congressman Rep. James Lankford said at a town hall meeting in Oklahoma City earlier this month that blame for gun violence in the U.S. falls on the shoulders of “welfare moms” who commit fraud. According to video...

In a pitch published to crowdfunding website Indiegogo this week, activist filmmaker and comedian Adam Hartle somehow managed to get former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) to agree that he will smoke marijuana the next time the two men meet....

On Tuesday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow took aim at Virginia’s Republican party, which she said is using gerrymandered electoral maps to rig elections in its favor. She began the segment...

The Newton County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia is investigating flyers that North Carolina’s Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) say were distributed in as many as nine states on the East Coast to “counteract...

Fox News’ resident psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow believes that President Barack Obama advocates “disempowering” people through gun safety legislation because he was “abandoned” as a child. Ablow on Tuesday told Fox...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before a House committee about the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Jan. 23. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Stray dogs seen traversing pedestrian crossings are being used by the Romanian traffic police in a new safety campaign to convince pedestrians to be more careful when crossing the road. “If they can do it, then everyone can do it —...

Stephen Colbert eased up on the silliness just a little bit for his interview with “Zero Dark Thirty” director Kathryn Bigelow on Tuesday, as he zeroed in on the controversy surrounding the film’s depiction of torture-based...

On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ridiculed the all-too-predictable coverage of Barack Obama’s second inauguration as seen on MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. MSNBC praised the “massive” inaugural ceremony and...

Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, on Tuesday offered a response to President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. LaPierre blasted Obama at the 56th Annual Weatherby Foundation...

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Monday said opponents of Department of Health and Human Services regulations should practice civil disobedience like Martin Luther King Jr. Cuccinelli said earlier this month that Catholic bishops and...

At a Ways and Means Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) blasted Republicans for refusing to raising the federal debt ceiling unless Democrats agreed to budget cuts. “I have to tell you, listening to this hearing is like...

KHOU reported on Tuesday that Houston Police said that three people had been injured during a shooting at Lone Star College in Texas. Video from news helicopters showed several victims being taken away on stretchers. Update (2:20 p.m. ET):...

A Rodgers-and-Hammerstein-style clip from an upcoming documentary explains the emergence of a male fanbase for the My Little Pony franchise in musical form. In “Let’s Go Meet The Bronies,” performed by “Star Trek: The...